Database Van Broekhoven » Johannes Dionijsius Leenhouwers (1898-1968)

Day of marriage January 27, 1921

• The temperature on January 27, 1921 was between 2.7 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1921: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
  • January 20 » The first Constitution of Turkey is adopted, making fundamental changes in the source and exercise of sovereignty by consecrating the principle of national sovereignty.
  • March 8 » Spanish Prime Minister Eduardo Dato Iradier is assassinated while exiting the parliament building in Madrid.
  • June 12 » Mikhail Tukhachevsky orders the use of chemical weapons against the Tambov Rebellion, bringing an end to the peasant uprising.
  • July 11 » A truce in the Irish War of Independence comes into effect.
  • October 19 » The Portuguese Prime Minister and several officials are murdered in the Bloody Night coup.
  • October 29 » United States: Second trial of Sacco and Vanzetti in Boston, Massachusetts.

Day of death September 26, 1968

• The temperature on September 26, 1968 was between 11.9 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 17.3 mm of rain during 17.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1968: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.7 million citizens.
  • March 16 » Vietnam War: My Lai Massacre occurs; between 347 and 500 Vietnamese villagers (men, women, and children) are killed by American troops.
  • March 28 » Brazilian high school student Edson Luís de Lima Souto is killed by military police at a protest for cheaper meals at a restaurant for low-income students.
  • April 11 » Assassination attempt on Rudi Dutschke, leader of the German student movement.
  • October 16 » Kingston, Jamaica is rocked by the Rodney riots, inspired by the barring of Walter Rodney from the country.
  • November 17 » British European Airways introduces the BAC One-Eleven into commercial service.
  • December 25 » Apollo program: Apollo 8 performs the first successful Trans-Earth injection (TEI) maneuver, sending the crew and spacecraft on a trajectory back to Earth from Lunar orbit.

Day of burial September 28, 1968

• The temperature on September 28, 1968 was between 9.9 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (28%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1968: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.7 million citizens.
  • January 5 » Alexander Dubček comes to power in Czechoslovakia, effectively beginning the "Prague Spring".
  • February 8 » American civil rights movement: The Orangeburg massacre: An attack on black students from South Carolina State University who are protesting racial segregation at the town's only bowling alley, leaves three or four dead in Orangeburg, South Carolina.
  • March 21 » Battle of Karameh in Jordan between the Israel Defense Forces and the combined forces of the Jordanian Armed Forces and PLO.
  • July 1 » Formal separation of the United Auto Workers from the AFL–CIO in the United States.
  • July 8 » The Chrysler wildcat strike begins in Detroit, Michigan.
  • September 6 » Swaziland becomes independent.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1968 » Ben Shlomo Lipman-Heilprin, Polish-Israeli neurologist and physician (b. 1902)
• 1968 » Daniel Johnson, Sr., Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Premier of Quebec (b. 1915)
• 1968 » Władysław Kędra, Polish pianist (b. 1918)
• 1972 » Charles Correll, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1890)
• 1973 » Samuel Flagg Bemis, American historian and author (b. 1891)